Mangle.



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MANGLE.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN; 12, 1907.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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MANGLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1907.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1907.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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TJ'NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. MATTIGE, OF GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ADAMS LAUNDRYMACHINERY COMPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, A GORPORATION.

MANGLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. Marries, a citizen of the United States,residing at Green Island, in the county of Albany and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mangles, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing machines, usually knownas mangles, and the object of my invention is to construct a manglewhich will be simple in its parts and easily operated, and by which thegoods will be conveyed by a single endless apron around the lowerportion of the heated cylinder, and over the upper surface of a heatedtable. I attain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end and side of my mangle. Fig. 2is a cross section, at X--X, on Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 show modifiedforms of the heated table.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a heated cylinder, extending the length of the machine, constructedand arranged as is usual. in mangles.

B, B, are padded rollers constructed and arranged in the usual form asis common in mangles.

C is a metallic bed plate under the cylinder, A, and arranged to beheated. The bed plate, C, may be made of two sides forming an angle, asshown in Fig. 2, or may be straight or curved, as shown in Figs. 3 and4. The bed plate, 0, is heated in any suitable way, as by making ithollow and having the interior form a steam chest. The bed plate, 0,extends the entire length of the cylinder, A, and its upper surface ispolished, so that the goods being ironed will readily be carried overthis surface by the endless apron.

D is an endless apron passing around the lower surface of the cylinderA, and held by the rollers against the lower surface of the cylinder Aand the upper surface of the heated bed plate C. The dotted line, E,represents the goods passing through the mangle, being ironed.

F is an adjustable roller used for holding the endless apron, D, at theproper tension.

G is a feeding belt, for feeding the goods into the machine, and H is areceiving table, upon which the goods are discl'iarged after passingthrough the mangle.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 12, 1907.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Serial No. 351,942.

The power is applied to the heated cylinder, A, which is provided withgears which mesh with the gears on some of the padded rollers, B, in theusual way. It is not usual or necessary to have all the padded rollersdriven by gears. But at least one of the padded rollers, B, over oraround which the endless apron passes is thus driven by gears and thisroller will drive or operate the endless apron and keep it in motion,and the endless apron will turn the loose padded rollers which it comesin contact with.

The operation of my mangle is as follows: The goods are fed between thefirst padded roller, B, and the cylinder, A, by the endless feedingbelt, G, or by any suitable means, and passing over the cylinder, A, andunder the padded rollers, B, until they reach the endless apron, D, atthe point, I, that being the highest point on the opposite side of themachine where the endless belt passing over the roller, B, comes incontact with the cylinder A. The goods being ironed are then carriedaround the cylinder, A, by the endless apron, D, which is operated bythe padded driving rollers, B, in the usual way and carried around andunder the cylinder, A, until they reach the point, J, where the endlessapron, D, leaves the cylinder, A, and passing around the padded rollers,B, B, which are located on the same side and beneath the feeding belt,G, the goods are thus carried by the endless apron around those rollersand over the upper surface of the heated bed plate, 0, and discharged onthe opposite side of the machine upon the receiving table II.

Constructed in this way my mangle is simple of operation economical inconstruction, and the goods being ironed come in contact with thegreatest amount of heating and smoothing surface and are delivered onthe receiving table thoroughly ironed and dried.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A mangle comprising a frame; a heated cylinder mounted in said frame;a series of padded rollers mounted around said cylinder in said frame aheated bed. plate mounted in said frame under said heated cylinder; anendless apron passing over one of said padded rollers near the top ofsaid cylinder and on one side thereof, and over another padded rollernear the bottom of said cylinder on the other side thereof and aroundother padded rollers adjoining the upper surface of the heated bedplate, whereby the goods being ironed will be carried by said endlessapron under said heated cylinder and in contact therewith and over theheated bed plate in contact with the upper surface thereof under saidendless apron, substantially as described.

2. In a mangle, the combination of a heated cylinder; a heated bed platelocated under said cylinder; added rollers above said cylinder; also 10lers under said cylinder and near the upper surface of said heated bedplate; an endless apron passing around a portion of said rollers and incontact with the under surface of said cylinder and the upper surface ofsaid heated bed plate; means for operating said endless apron wherebythe goods being ironed will be carried by said endless apron along theunder surface of said heated cylinder and the upper surface of saidheated bed plate and discharged at the rear of the mangle, substantiallyas described.

3. A mangle comprising a frame; a heated cylinder mounted in said frame;a heated bed plate mounted. in said frame; a series of padded rollersmounted in said frame around said heated cylinder; rollers mounted insaid frame opposite said cylinder near the upper surface of said heatedbed plate; an endless apron passing over one of said rollers on one sideof said cylinder and two of said rollers on the opposite side of saidcylinder and other rollers near the u per surface of said heated bedplate, wherefiy said endless apron will be held in contact with theunder surface of said heated cylinder and the upper surface of saidheated bed plate; an adjustable roller also mounted in said frame incontact with said endless apron whereby the tension of said endlessapron may be regulated; means for feeding the goods between said paddedrollers and said cylinder in front of said mangle; means for operatingsaid end less apron; and a receiving table at the end of said heated bedplate at the rear of said mangle, whereby goods being ironed may be fedbetween the padded rollers and the heated cylinder at the front of themachine, carried to the point of contact of said endless apron with saidheated cylinder and by said endless apron around the under surface ofsaid heated cylinder and over the upper surface of said heated bed plateand discharged at the rear of said mangle upon said. receiving table,substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES H. MATTICE. Witnesses:

ALoNzo SHARP, WALTER E. WARD.

